Table 1.

Details of the subjects in this study

Characteristics	SCLC	Non-small-cell lung cancer	Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma	Squamous cell carcinoma	Adenocarcinoma
Male/female	5/2	30/19	5/0	10/4	15/15
Mean age (years)	68.6	66.8	73.6	66.5	65.9
Range (years)	62–73	43–82	68–78	43–82	45–81
		p = 0.46a	p = 0.81b	p = 0.97b	p = 0.91b
Mean diameter (mm)	35.0	34.2	38.0	33.4	33.9
Range (mm)	25–56	11–69	25–56	11–56	13–69
		p = 0.34a	p = 0.98a	p = 0.99a	p = 1.00a
Location
Right upper lobe	2	19	3	4	12
Right middle lobe	N/A	1	N/A	N/A	1
Right lower lobe	1	14	2	6	6
Left upper lobe	1	11	N/A	1	10
Left lower lobe	3	4	N/A	3	1

N/A, not applicable; SCLC, small-cell lung cancer.

^aDifference with SCLC by using Mann–Whitney's U-test.

^bDifference with SCLC by using the Tukey honest-significance test.